THE LEGACY JOURNAL

We all want what’s best for our children. We want them to grow into kind, respectful, emotionally intelligent adults. And so, we teach them boundaries. We enforce rules. We correct behaviour. But here’s the truth that most parenting books forget to mention: Your child can’t learn until they feel safe.

Not just physically safe. Emotionally safe.

Emotional safety is the foundation of connection...

If your child is pulling away from you, and you’re not sure why, you’re not alone. Perhaps they’ve started repeating things that sound like they’re coming from someone else… They may seem more cold, distant, or angry with no clear cause.

Maybe your once-loving relationship has been replaced by silence or even hesitation to visit. If this sounds like your situation, it's possible you may be experi...

Have you ever felt heavy after being around someone stressed, even if nothing “happened” to you? Or noticed that your child comes home from school or an event seeming more tired or overwhelmed than usual after being around certain people? This is where knowledge about emotional differentiation can be helpful.

It’s the ability to know what’s yours, and what belongs to someone else. Without this sk...

This isn’t a story about design. It’s a story about alignment.

When I released Parenting Through Divorce: The 3 Keys to Building an Unshakable Bond With Your Children, I poured my heart into every page.

I shared conversations with my children during their most anxious moments. I wrote about the somatic practices that helped us come back to stability. I offered the tools I wish I’d had when I was...

One practice I love to share (and use every single day) is called somatic orienting.

It’s simple, it’s accessible, and it’s all about taking in the world around you through your senses, especially your eyes.

Somatic orienting means slowing down enough to notice the things in your environment that are aesthetically pleasing, that spark joy, that give you energy. It’s like stop and smell the roses...

Every child enters this world whole, sacred, and enough.

My role as a parent is to honor that truth...
  To guide with love, not fear,
  To protect their light from being dimmed.
As a coach, I help others do the same.
Because this isn’t just parenting. It’s legacy work.

- Vivian Meraki

I work with parents who love their children deeply, but are carrying the wounds from lived experience or the chi...

If you’ve ever found yourself saying:

• “I know I should be okay, but I’m not.”

• “I’ve done the mindset work, so why do I still feel stuck?”

• “Why does the smallest thing send me spiraling?”

You’re not alone, and more importantly, you’re not broken. You may just be dysregulated and your nervous system may be asking for something deeper. That’s where somatic coaching comes in.

W...

Last month, I stepped onto a stage and shared a story I had carried for almost my entire life.

I didn’t know what would happen. I only knew that I was done hiding.

That night, I stood in front of over a hundred people at North America’s largest inspirational speaking competition, Speaker Slam, and delivered a story about childhood betrayal, motherhood, and the healing power of saying no.

When i...

Maybe it’s time we redefine what success, stability, and strength really mean.

We’re taught a lot about what it means to be successful. To be stable. To be strong. But what if much of what we’ve been told… just doesn’t hold up in real life?

Through my own healing, I’ve had to unlearn the cultural definitions of strength and success: the ones that reward performance over presence, and pressure us...